Carton flow racking is a gravity-based storage solution that stores products on inclined shelves, improving warehouse productivity, space optimization, and inventory management! Some benefits for carton flow racking include:
Carton flow racking systems use gravity to flow products through the rack, allowing for streamlined replenishment and order picking. This system ensures that products are easily accessible and employees can retrieve items quickly, reducing the time spent searching for products.
These systems can increase storage space by up to 60% by using a minimum of 22% less floor space. They are designed to create lanes of storage within pallet racking.
Carton flow racks can have multiple shelves, each with a number of lanes. One SKU is assigned to each lane so it can be efficiently located and picked.
With carton flow, 85% of the picker’s time is spent actively picking and only 15% walking or searching. This reduces labor costs by decreasing the walking and searching time for pickers.
As the front item is removed, the next item rolls into place at the picking position. This delivers products to the picker in an efficient first-in, first-out system that rotates inventory.